Chaos Theory by Tessa Crowley
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my_drarry_recsTitle: Chaos Theory
Author:
Tessa Crowley
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 102,000 Approx.
Summary: Chaos: when the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future. One gene varies, one neuron fires, one butterfly flaps its wings, and Draco Malfoy's life is completely different. Draco has always found a certain comfort in chaos. Perhaps he shouldn't.
Content/Warning(s): Magical AU (canon divergence), Genius Draco, kidnapping, torture, gore (see more at story, please!)
This story is so, so amazing.
It's AU, Ravenclaw!Draco, genius!Draco (and if you're anything like me, you're going to fall in love with him and his mind), in which he changes history as we know it when in first year it's him two ventures past the locked door in the third floor. He meets Harry, but even before he realises he's met him, he feels such a fierce protectiveness towards Harry, which is amazing.
Harry becomes Draco's first friend, and seeing this happening; their friendship turning into something so much more it's so sweet and so lovely. There are all these beautiful moments, there's UST but it's so much more than that, it's about love, you know?
There's mentor!Snape (to both Harry and Draco), but there's also danger coming, because Voldemort is coming back, that's no different, in fact, it's more terrible than ever.
I'm going to cut here in case you want to read it without knowing a little more.
Draco does incredible things to protect Harry, and it's while trying to save him that he's trapped and tortured when he takes Harry's place in the Thrid Task in the Triwizard Tournament.
I know some of these tags and warnings [in the fic] can be scary, but it's such a great story. Something to note is that the ~scary part~ doesn't begin until roughly half the story, and when it's about to start, you're warned, and if you want to skip it, the author has written a guide of what happens during the harder-to-read chapters and tells you in which chapter you can keep reading without having missed anything relevant to the plot, however, after having read it, I can tell you that the gory parts, the torture parts, aren't really that long, as in, while Draco spends part of the time under the Imperius, the graphic descriptions of the torture (and all he's forced to do) doesn't expand to the rest of the story, only a few chapters.
It's really a story of love and sacrifices, at times it's hard to read (previously mentioned) but the ending is so beautiful, it's worth it. Brilliant.
Author:
Rating: NC 17
Word Count: 102,000 Approx.
Summary: Chaos: when the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future. One gene varies, one neuron fires, one butterfly flaps its wings, and Draco Malfoy's life is completely different. Draco has always found a certain comfort in chaos. Perhaps he shouldn't.
Content/Warning(s): Magical AU (canon divergence), Genius Draco, kidnapping, torture, gore (see more at story, please!)
This story is so, so amazing.
It's AU, Ravenclaw!Draco, genius!Draco (and if you're anything like me, you're going to fall in love with him and his mind), in which he changes history as we know it when in first year it's him two ventures past the locked door in the third floor. He meets Harry, but even before he realises he's met him, he feels such a fierce protectiveness towards Harry, which is amazing.
Harry becomes Draco's first friend, and seeing this happening; their friendship turning into something so much more it's so sweet and so lovely. There are all these beautiful moments, there's UST but it's so much more than that, it's about love, you know?
There's mentor!Snape (to both Harry and Draco), but there's also danger coming, because Voldemort is coming back, that's no different, in fact, it's more terrible than ever.
I'm going to cut here in case you want to read it without knowing a little more.
I know some of these tags and warnings [in the fic] can be scary, but it's such a great story. Something to note is that the ~scary part~ doesn't begin until roughly half the story, and when it's about to start, you're warned, and if you want to skip it, the author has written a guide of what happens during the harder-to-read chapters and tells you in which chapter you can keep reading without having missed anything relevant to the plot, however, after having read it, I can tell you that the gory parts, the torture parts, aren't really that long, as in, while Draco spends part of the time under the Imperius, the graphic descriptions of the torture (and all he's forced to do) doesn't expand to the rest of the story, only a few chapters.
It's really a story of love and sacrifices, at times it's hard to read (previously mentioned) but the ending is so beautiful, it's worth it. Brilliant.
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Date: 2015-03-01 09:08 pm (UTC)It might be too late anyway, since I'm already at chapter 12 and am kinda in love with Draco here!!
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Date: 2015-03-01 09:14 pm (UTC)Right????
RIGHT?????
I know!!!
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Date: 2015-03-12 02:14 pm (UTC)Thank you! *hugs*
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Date: 2015-03-14 10:50 pm (UTC)I saw before you were asking for recs, so I'll tell you the other amazing stories that elements of this one reminded me of:
--Earthbound Spook (http://archiveofourown.org/works/78824/chapters/104978) (in which Draco is a Gryffindor instead--I think you've recced this one before)
--Railway Lands (http://archiveofourown.org/works/133294) (Draco coping poorly with being forced to work for Voldemort)
--Even the epic Saving Connor series (http://archive.skyehawke.com/authors.php?no=1324&PHPSESSID=a8168dcb6695ac76a635c7e39ad9a8a5) (the clever solutions to canon problems and Draco and Harry being friends from childhood)
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Date: 2015-03-15 12:32 pm (UTC)And yes! I've been looking for recs. I've read the first two (I think they are somewhere in the archive here ;)) but I haven't read the third. I've heard of it, and I admit I find the length a bit daunting, but I will definitely check it out.
Thank you so much! <333
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Date: 2015-03-15 01:45 pm (UTC)Here was my original rec (from my LJ here (http://shadowfireflame.livejournal.com/31699.html)), if you're interested:
"This is the most epic, most well-plotted, most interestingly characterized, probably longest alternate universe in the Harry Potter fandom. As such, you absolutely must read it; you cannot miss this treasure. It's three times as long as the original HP books, and about fifty times more intricate and intelligent and complicated. Lightning's original characters are the best out there, to the point where many consider Lightning's world and characters actual canon. She builds up the world to the point where it is shockingly real and beautiful.
This entire series was a ridiculously ambitious undertaking (one worthy of a Slytherin!), and Lightning carries it out with aplomb. She essentially takes Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and makes it come alive, so that now I know so much more about magical creatures than I ever did before. The same is true of the breathtaking way she writes so-called minor characters in canon, but in the story they have a chance to take center stage and reveal their true potential and shine. For example, the interactions between Henrietta Bulstrode (who doesn't even exist in canon, hard though it is for me to believe now) and Evan Rosier are some of the sexiest and most twisted ever.
Lightning's Harry has a very refreshing way of anticipating problems and traps that canon Harry never foresaw and dealing with them directly, which causes a whole world of other problems to open up in front of him.
There are many things in this story that may not sit well with some readers, but she seems to understand this and work through those problems to show that there are no easy answers. By the end, I totally trusted her to do that, and knew she had a very good reason for everything. This story explains not only house elves' servitude but also the goblin rebellions, and her grasp on magic is one of the best I've ever read. I'm astonished at the brilliant way that she has written this series; readers have claimed it has had a profound impact on their lives.
Basic plotline: Harry has a twin brother named Connor, Lily and James never died, and Harry goes to Slytherin, where he meets Draco and Snape. The intricacies begin. Series consists of: Saving Connor (Book 1), No Mouth By Some Serpents (Book 2), Comes Out of Darkness Morn (Book 3), Freedom and Not Peace (Book 4), Wind that Shakes the Seas and Stars (Book 5), A Song in Time of Revolution (Book 6), I Am Also Thy Brother (Book 7)."
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Date: 2015-03-15 02:32 pm (UTC)And your rec for Saving Connor sounds really amazing. I admit part of what made me reluctant to read it is all the original characters. I don't even know why, because I've read stories with amazing OC that are one of the best things of the fic, actually, so it's just one of those things that you think in theory don't sound too good but in practice are brilliant. :)
I'll definitely check it out now!
Thank you so, so much. :D:D:D